Lone Oak Elementary Newsletter

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Each day we have a dress up day! On Thursday, students are allowed to wear mums and garters. Please remember no homecoming deliveries!

Our Homecoming community Pep Rally will take place on Wednesday, October 11th at 6:30pm. The Pep Rally will take place at the football stadium. Following the Pep rally, LOISD will have a Homecoming bonfire near the new softball and baseball fields. Please come celebrate with us! Go Buffaloes!

LOES will be attending the Pink Out Pep Rally Thursday, October 19th at 2:00pm. The Pep Rally will take place at the High School Football Stadium! Wear as much pink as you can!

New Attendance Incentive:

All teachers have an attendance sign outside their classroom door. If all students are present, a letter on the attendance chart can be colored in. Once all letters are colored in, a special announcement is made during morning announcements to celebrate the class. A free recess is awarded! We will also semester rewards!

The following classes have completed their first sign:

Houser~Douglas~West~Brumit~Calk~Hitchcock~Diamond~McKinney~Boidy~Hutchison~Gifford~Taylor~Barrett~Patterson~Hooten~Mason~Witt~Hudson~Adams~Elmore~Baxter~Hinson~

Hatcher~Honeycutt

The following class has completed their second sign:

Diamond~Hooten~Calk~Hinson~Hudson~Witt

Earn a -->Coin<-- for Outstanding Behavior:

--> Positive Role Model

-->Positive Attitude

-->Exhibiting Kindness

-->Work Ethic

-->Being Responsible

-->Demonstrating Leadership Qualities

Thursday, October 12th

1st grade lunch time: 11:20-11:50

Parents and visitors are invited to attend the picnic on the playground if you have a student in one of following grade levels listed below. You may bring food for your student, or purchase a school lunch. Don’t forget to bring a lawn chair or blanket if you wish. If you have a child younger than school age, you may bring them to the picnic on the playground. If you have a child at the school and it's not their grade level day, they will need to stay in class.

Please be aware that dates may be rescheduled due to weather conditions.

Please see the following dates for future picnics:

November 9th

2nd: 11:30-12:00

March 21st

3rd: 11:40-12:10

4th: 12:40-1:10

April 4th

5th: 11:50-12:20

The Storybook Character Parade will be Wednesday, October 25th at 9:00am!

BUFF Dads is a program designed for elementary and secondary school campuses to provide positive male role models for the students at Lone Oak ISD. The presence of these "BUFF Dads" will have the following benefits on the students they interact with:

• They will act as a positive role model.
• The additional adult presence will aide in reducing negative behavior.
• They will provide enhanced school safety and security by being an additional set of eyes and ears watching over the students.
• Their presence and time investment will demonstrate to the students that their safety and their education are a valued and essential part of our community.
• These father figures will gain a greater awareness of the challenges that students face daily. As a result, they can learn to relate to and support their students to build deeper connections.

Father figures and male role models are extremely important in the early child development years as children grow. Sadly, as society changes, single-family households have increased, leaving many kids without a positive male role model in their everyday life. As a BUFF Dad, Lone Oak ISD will bring that back to every child in our elementary and middle school with the help of great father-figure volunteers.

Car tags are available for new families in the office. One tag per family. Returning families may use their one from last year. If you need to purchase an additional tag they are $5 each.

Reminder: For your child's safety, if you do not have a car tag, you will be asked to come to the office to sign your child out. Please have a photo ID available.

Car Line- Contracted end time for staff is 4:30pm. If you are in the car line at 4:30, your child's name will be called. If you pull into the car line any time after 4:30 you will be asked to pull around to the front of the school to get your child.

***Students cannot be picked up or signed out by anyone who is not listed on the Parent Portal.

Please remember our no change policy for transportation. We want students to experience consistency each day.

Students are not allowed to get off at other campuses without administrator approval.

As we begin the 2023-2024 school year, all LOISD schools will continue to keep campuses closed during lunch times. We love that we live in a community with parents and family members who are so involved with their students. However, safety is always our number one focus, and space is quickly becoming a concern as well with the growth that our district is experiencing. For this reason, we ask for your help in keeping our kids safe, and keeping the number of visitors in and out of our doors to a minimum. We will continue to have "picnic on the playground" for each grade level this year!

• Lunches for the 2023-2024 school year will be $3.25

• Regular lunches will be $3.25, and those that need a larger portion have the option to order an adult portion for $5.00.

• Please put lunch money in an envelope or baggie with student and teacher name.
  

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At Lone Oak Independent School District we are dedicated to telling "our story". We need your help! If you have something positive to share on social media about our campus, we would appreciate it! If you have a concern, please call Me/Mrs. Whitehead directly. We want our campus to shine and be celebrated in a positive manner!